krusticlese
06/10/2010, 10:11
Looking at the new previews, there's already typos appearing on the cards for the Watchmen figures. Not sure how it was missed because it's the first thing that jumped out at me:
http://heroclix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/WALTER-KOVACS.jpg
Walter Kovacs has got the Alter Ego power. Walter Kovacs is 38 points, however the power says:
Give Walter Kovacs a Power Action and replace with a #001 Rorschach on it's orange starting line. Existing Action Tokens from Walter Kovacs, as well as action tokens and pushing damage for this action are applied to the replacement Rorschach. If replaced, no victory points are awarded for this character and the replacement Rorschach is considered to be 48 points for all game effects
http://heroclix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RORSHACH.jpg
Stuff like this bugs the living carp out of me. Doubly so on a set that they are trying to convince us to spend $100.00 on. Maybe a little less time could have been spent on designing the box, and a little more time could have been spent proofreading.
I know what some of you will say: well, there are always errors, how can they catch it all, etc. Here's my point: there is a huge outlay of cash for this set, the tournament scene hasn't exactly been thriving because Wizkids won't even update their store locater when you submit the needed information so that other people could find the venue (and the Judge wouldn't need to rely on his network of Facebook friends to come out to play). So even if I got the set, how often would I play it? once, maybe twice in a year? And then I've got to contend with printing errors as well?
I feel that Wizkids has got a REAL hard sell for this set and in my mind, I could just as easily pick up 2 PS3 games in lieu of a $100.00 Watchmen set (Red Dead Redemption looks sweet).
Whenever printing errors slip through I always feel like someone on the design team, or a proofreader, or someone at Wizkids obviously doesn't care about quality control. My initial reaction is "Well, I wonder how many other printing errors there will be?" and my $100.00 investment seems all the more foolish.
Is it wrong to expect that there could be no errors whatsoever in a $100.00 boxed set?
http://heroclix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/WALTER-KOVACS.jpg
Walter Kovacs has got the Alter Ego power. Walter Kovacs is 38 points, however the power says:
Give Walter Kovacs a Power Action and replace with a #001 Rorschach on it's orange starting line. Existing Action Tokens from Walter Kovacs, as well as action tokens and pushing damage for this action are applied to the replacement Rorschach. If replaced, no victory points are awarded for this character and the replacement Rorschach is considered to be 48 points for all game effects
http://heroclix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RORSHACH.jpg
Stuff like this bugs the living carp out of me. Doubly so on a set that they are trying to convince us to spend $100.00 on. Maybe a little less time could have been spent on designing the box, and a little more time could have been spent proofreading.
I know what some of you will say: well, there are always errors, how can they catch it all, etc. Here's my point: there is a huge outlay of cash for this set, the tournament scene hasn't exactly been thriving because Wizkids won't even update their store locater when you submit the needed information so that other people could find the venue (and the Judge wouldn't need to rely on his network of Facebook friends to come out to play). So even if I got the set, how often would I play it? once, maybe twice in a year? And then I've got to contend with printing errors as well?
I feel that Wizkids has got a REAL hard sell for this set and in my mind, I could just as easily pick up 2 PS3 games in lieu of a $100.00 Watchmen set (Red Dead Redemption looks sweet).
Whenever printing errors slip through I always feel like someone on the design team, or a proofreader, or someone at Wizkids obviously doesn't care about quality control. My initial reaction is "Well, I wonder how many other printing errors there will be?" and my $100.00 investment seems all the more foolish.
Is it wrong to expect that there could be no errors whatsoever in a $100.00 boxed set?